Jewelry-holder



R. H. RODA.

JEWELRY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1920.

1,373,097. Patented Mar. 29; 192-1.

3141mm tom UNITED STATES RUDOLPH H. RODA, 01 NEW YORK, N. Y.

JEWELRY+HOLDER Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1920. Serial No. 369,919.

To all whom z't-may concern:

Be it known that I RUDOLPH H. RonA, a citizen of the United tates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jewelry-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for dis playing jewelry and more particularly to an improved device for holding pieces of jewelry on cards which are toform a support and display background for the jewelry.

I-Ieretofore it has been customary to display jewelry upon cards having tongues, loops, or similar holding means cut therein but it has been found that in the use of such devices the tongues or loops become bent or torn or so weakened through use and handling that the usefulness of the card is destroyed and the articles of jewelry cease to be supported or held thereby. Furthermore, in the use of the ordinary display card it is practically impossible to remove and reapply the article of jewelry even a comparatively few times without the holding means being rendered ineffective. Another disadvantage presented by the ordinary card is that the cards must be purchased in standard sizes, and the purchaser construct the device that while it will semust be satisfied with any arrangement of a plurality of the tongues or loops upon the card that the manufacturer may see fit to adopt, regardless of whether or not the arrangelnent is one best adapted to display the articles which areto be arranged upon the card. Also in the use of such cards, particularly where they are designed to support rings, a considerable portion of the circumference of the ring will be located behind the card and in fact it is usually necessary to introduce into this portion of the ring a paper wedge or like device for retaining the ring in place. As a result the entire ring is noteXposed to view nor is the ring displayed in the most attractive manner. Another disadvantage attending the use of such a card is that a card which is intended to support-stick pins or the like cannot ordinarily be employed for supporting rings, and vice versa, nor are cards which are individually adapted to support pins and rings, suitable for use in supporting watches and some other kinds of jewelry. Therefore it has been necessary in the use of such cards to provide the same with, different forms of tongues or loops depending upon the nature of the article of ewelry to be supported by the card and time, of course, constitues an item of considerable expense and renders it necessary that the jeweler carry in stock a large assortment of different kinds of cards. In view of the foregoing it is one of the primary objects of the invention to provide a device which may be readily and quickly applied by any one to a card of any design or thickness and at any point upon the card considered most suitable and which devices may be arranged singly or in groups and in various positions depending upon the nature of the article or articles to be displayed.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a device for the purpose stated which will firmly and securely grip and hold upon the card, any article of jewelry engaged Patented Mar. 29, 1921. I

thereby and which will sufliciently firmly ticles of jewelry may be likewise retained in the best positions for display purposes.

A further object of the invention is to so curely hold in :place an article engaged therewith, neverthelessno difliculty will be experienced in either engaging the article with the device from the card.

A further objectof the invention is to so construct the device that the same will lie substantially flat against the rear face of or in removing the article the card and will support the article of jewelry wholly in advance of the forward face of the card so that when the card is placed within a tray or the like and the latter is tilted, thecard will. not be overbalanced as it will lie substantially flat within the tray and not at an angle of inclination as is the case where some portion of the article of jewelry projects a considerable distance beyond the face of the card invariably the case where the ordinary cutin cards are employed. a

The invention has as a still further object to so construct the device that when applied to a card the faceof the card will not be marred by any visiblelines of incision or a by tongues having possibly ragged edges,

but the card will on the other hand present an unbroken and imperforate appearance thus adapting it to display to the best advantage the article supported thereon and without the attention being detracted from the article on display because of the presence of slits, openings, or the like in proximity to the article. Y

A still further object of the invention is to so construct the device that there will be no likelihood of the article of jewelry being injured or marred even though repeatedly engaged with and disengaged from the device. v

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a display card equipped with the holding device of the present-invention; V

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the device applied to the card; I

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device applied;

Fig. 4 is a detail "vertical sectional view through the device applied, the same being shown in gripping engagement with an a article of jewelry 5 Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. i illustrating the manner in which the article of jewelry may be released from the card;

Fig. 6 is a'perspective view of the device detached;

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional View onthe line 7'-7 of Fig. 2;

I Fig. 8 is'a perspective viewsimilar to Fig. 1 illustrating the holding or retaining device adjusted to a different position upon the card as for examplefor the purpose of supportin a stick-pin. In the rawin s a single one of the devices is illustrated as assembled with a card of rectangular form but it will be understood that any desirednumber of the devices may be employed in connection with a single card and arranged in any desired manner of grouping, and also that a card of any desired contour and size may be employed.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates a display card which as previously stated may be of any desired contour and size, and the numeral'2 indicates in general the holding orretaining device embodying the present invention. For the purpose of. assembling the device with the card 1, it is necessary that the card be provided with a small opening which is indicated by the numeral 3, and this opening may be formed by any ordinary pointed instrument which may be conveniently employed for the purpose and need not'be of any specialshape or size, although it is'only necessary that itberelatively small.

The device of thepresent invention is preferably formed from sheet metal and the construction thereof is such that the entire device may be readily stamped from a blank of such material. The device comprises a body portion 1 which may be of the general shape shown in the drawing and particularly in Figs. 2 and (3, or of any other desired shape, and which throughout its upper portion is approximately fiat but which has its lower end portion slightly curved as at 5 in the direction of that face which is to be presented next to the back of the card. The body member 4; is formed, in the manufacture of the device, with spaced longitudinally extending incisions 6 and a connecting incision 7 located near the upper end of the said body member, and the material between these incisions is stamped out in a rearward direction to provide a resilient tongue 8 which is curved upwardly and of the tongue which is indicated by the numeral 10, and the material between these incisions 9 is stamped out to provide a gripping and retaining finger 11 which projects forwardly from the upper portion of the tongue 8 and through the opening 12 which results from the stamping out ofthe said tongue 8, the finger being thence bent to extend in an upward direction in front of the upper portion of the body member 4; as indicated by the numeral 13 and having its tip or extremity overturned slightly in a forward direction as indicated by the numeral 14. The portion of the body member 4: between the incisions 7 and the upper edge of the said body member eonstitutes a cross bar 15 against which the rear side of the finger portion 13 of the finger 11 is normally held through the resiliency of the tongue 8 which carries the said finger. The upper end portion of the finger projects above the upper edge of this cross bar 15 as clearly shown in the drawings and preferably the rear side of the finger is transversely rounded or curved as indicated by the numeral 16 and as clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

In the use of the device, a piece of cardboard suitable for the purpose is selected and the same is either'previously formed with the opening 3, or an opening may be punched in the card by the projecting end of the portion 13 of the finger 11. I n any event, regardless of the manner in which this opening is formed, the device is applied to the .card by inserting this finger into the opening and swinging down the device and so manipulating the same as to engage the curved lower end portion 5 of the said body member bearing against the said rear face as also the upper portion of the body member.- The entire device, with the exception of the portion 13 of the finger 11 is located in rear of the card and consequently concealed from View and after the device has been thus applied, any article of jewelry may be readily engaged with the finger, as for example a ring as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5 or a stickpin as shown in Fig. 8, either by slipping the device over the extremity of the finger which extremity is, as stated, outwardly curved as at 14 so as to permit of such engagement, or pressure may be exerted in a forward direction against the upper end of the tongue 8 so as to spring the tongue inwardly toward the back of the card and thus cause the gripping and retaining finger to move forwardly to a position spaced from the face of the card and thus permit of the engagement of the article of jewelry. When the article is to be disengaged it is only necessary to similarly press forwardly against the tongue 8 whereupon the article may be lifted out of enga ement with the finger as clearly shown in ig. 5. It will be obvious by comparison of Figs. 1 and 8 of the drawings that after the fin er has been inserted through the card the evice may be rotated or angularly adjusted to cause the finger to point in an desired di rection as for example upwar ly as shown in Fig. 1 or toward one lateral edge of the card as shown in Fig. 8 or in fact in any other direction found desirable and so as to position the finger in a manner to best adapt it to support any particular article of jewelry.

I claim: a

1. A holding device of the class described comprising a ody member for engagement against the rear side of a card, a resilient tongue sprung rearwardly from the plane of the body member, and a retaining finger carried by the tongue and projecting forwardly beyond the body member thereby to be extended through the card and coact with the face thereof.

2. A holding device of the class described comprising a body member for engagement against the rear side of a card and longitudinally curved to provide a longitudinally concave inner face, a resilient tongue sprung rearwardly from the said body member, and a retaining finger projecting forwardly from the free end portion of the tongue and through the said body member for engagement through the card and in position to coact with the forward face thereof.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

RUDOLPH H. RODA. [n s.] 

